[08:38] <brobostigon> morning boys and girls.
[11:37] <zmoylan-pi> morning mammals
[11:46] <brobostigon> morning
[20:47] <penguin42> if anyone needs a few keyboards, https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/a1_us_usb_keyboard_x50_uskybd2/version.asp  is kind of fun
[20:48] <daftykins> haha wow
[20:50] <penguin42> they also have 80 US kettle leads for £1  - I guess they've been importing US models and reboxing them
[20:51] <daftykins> haha why would anyone want their horrid layout? :)
[20:51] <penguin42> I mean importing US PCs which came with keyboards/kettle leads
[21:30] <zmoylan-pi> i saw a fair few of those in late 80s... how do i get a pound sign?
[21:33] <penguin42> alt-gr 3 sometimes does it - but I often dealt with imported US test machines
[21:33] <penguin42> I also know quite a few people get US mac laptops because the UK keyboard layout is a bit weird
[21:34] <zmoylan-pi> telling them hold down alt and type 156 on numeric keypad was easiest
[21:34] <penguin42> haha
[21:34] <zmoylan-pi> i mean we could install a uk keyboard driver but it would make 10% of the rest of the symbols in wrong place... :-0
[21:34] <zmoylan-pi> * :-)
[21:34] <daftykins> :D
[21:35] <penguin42> zmoylan-pi: I also deal a lot with that type of thing; for example accessing a VM installed with US keyboards over a remote VNC like connection from my UK keyboard;  how many translation layers are there?
[21:35] <zmoylan-pi> can't you make it work? yes, ir£100 for a new keyboard, ir£50 for delivery and installation...
[21:35] <daftykins> when my lass was visiting from Texas she brought her work laptop and had to do a couple of days, i put a spare keyboard on for her and had to set up the UK layout on her machine ;D